Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-16
coNeREeATIoEALlsTs IN COUNCIL.

coNGREGATl0EALisTs IN COUNCIL.
second Days Doings of the sioux Eatls
Congregational Association
To the Press and Dakotatsn- Rev
William 3. Hubbard, the secretary Of
the association, %presenteda most intel
estipa report full of the history OF the
doings OF the denomination since 1881.
At that date the ConRsaRationalista
numbered % churches, now l01, an in.
crease OF u cn1rches in six years aye
raging 10 churches q year. Tue growth
of the membership of these churches in
southern Dakota hes been eqrally no.
ticable. In 1881 the membership num-
bered 1872. At the close OF 1886 it was
increased to 2,729. In 1882 tho ministers
of the denomination in south Dakota
numbered only ~thirty-eight now the
number at the close of 1886 reached
seventy.
The amount OF benevolent ,contribu.
tions of these churches amounted all told
IN 1880 to 81, 5oS.05 while OF the close of
1886 it amounted to $4,363 .05 of whlch
amount the Ysnkton Congregational
church is reported SIS contributing ST..
334.66 nearly q quarter OF the whole.
T. g. Gardner secretary of the Ameri-
can college education society sent o
statement of the doings Of this society
70 Rey. Dan Bradley and WAS read to
the association by him. In tbat paper
it wa stated that the average OF gradu.
ates from seven theological schools for
the last five years was but 8S ministers,
while for the same period n ministers o
year have died that the education society
as q loan furnished students in prepara-
ton for the ministry but $500 per
year while the Uaited States to make
officers for the army paid Its students
ct the rate of five hundred dollars per
year at the West Point military school.
At the conclusion of the reading OF the
paper Mr. Bradley, after afew we'll timed
remarks, offered . resolution that this
society be placed or the list of benevol-
ent offerings OF the Dakota Congrega-
tionai churches which was unanimously
adopted. At this stage Of the meeting
Rev. Wilson Reed Q graduate OF the
Hartford, Connecticut, seminary, was
introduced and he spoke for the Indian
work, also Rsv. Frank Gross, from
Yale divinity school, spoke on tho same
work. These two ministers are employed
by the American missionary association.
In the oonrss OF these addresses which
were listened to with the greatest inter
est, the government order was quoted
recently promulgated, that no Indian
should be taught in his native tongue
on the perils of expulsion from the reser.
vation. On motion OF DR.. Ward, the
chairman OF the business committee. il
was ordered that q epeeial committee be
formed to present for adoption by the
association, resolutions copdemnatory
OF the order OF the government. The
resolutions will appear in my next
letter.
The Dakota home missionary society
came mex which brought out stirring
facts Of the needs OF the missionary
labor and urging upon the churches to
increase in labor and contributions in the
prosecution OF the work committed to
their care. Dr.. Ward was again chosen
president of that society. At the close
of the doinRs of this society came the
womens' meeting, the ID. VIII. M. 8. In
the report OF the secretary of the amount
contributed by the various churches
in south Dakota, the Yankten workers
were brought in to . favorable COM
psrlson with the other churches OF which
benevolent record every Ysnkson mem
Der could not but be justly proud.
The telling speeoh OF the wopen's
meeting was made by Mrs. Wheeler, the
missionary from Harpoot, Turkey. In
her address she referred most feelingIy
to the progress OF the Religious WORK of
the denomination in Dakota, Of its rise
in Yankton under the Wise management
and self denying work OF ITS first mis-
sionary, DR.. Ward, and how Yankton
college had grown out OF that work
OF which it's earnest president had reason
TO be justly psoud. Mrs. Wheeler's ad.
dress called for wiping Of eyes. not only
by the lady members OF the mission
airy society, bat also by many Of the
sternsr aex. Mrs. Wheeler in thst
telling speech will never be forgotten by
the Coogrsgat,onalista Of Dakota.
The evening session was given to Rev.
O. q. Taintor, of Chicago. to present
the claims OF the church and parsonage
building by the a. @. N; also the c7aims
of tho A. 81. NJ. s. presented by Rev. w.
@. Puddlefoot, OF New York. The for
mer stated that while the number OF
churches built by the union OF 1882 was
only LIB. in the past year 1,655
churches we're built and ITO parsonages
completed. a most suggestive map
was distributed in the church pews
bearing on this work which I enclose.
The closing speech by Rev. Puddleioot
was most wonderful and called for CON.
tinued applause. The facts presented
by the earnest speaker were full Of Gig
nifcant axfuiness bearing on the futur.
history Of u country II this mania TO,
gold is not arrested OIL the gold permit
ted to flow ont to meet the CROWNS
ueada al h~anavoJepoa rbis araaoh 800,